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 Library Schedules Public Meetings to Unveil Library Design Plans
Architects will show design plans for four new DeKalb County Public Library buildings at community meetings in September. Read More... |
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Announcing Our New Blog: DCPLive
 The DeKalb County Public Library is proud to announce its new blog, DCPLive. Check back regularly for library events, reviews, fun links, and much more! DCPLive is also a great place to interact with our librarians.
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Calling all teens ages 13-17. Apply to become a
member of the Teen Advisory Board!
 The Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is your opportunity to have your voice heard about library books, music, films and programs. Just fill out the application online or visit your local branch. Deadline is October 20, 2007.
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 ITVS Community Cinema Season Kicks Off (PDF, 233Kb)
Please Vote For Me (directed by Weijun Chen) follows eight-year-old students in an elementary school in China as they campaign for class monitor. Co-production of the ITVS International Media Development Fund. Tuesday 7PM, September 25 at the Decatur Library Check out other films scheduled to play in the ITVS Community Cinema Season Calendar 2007-2008. (PDF, 233Kb) |
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Author Talks
 Tom McHaney, one of the nation's finest literary authorities on Southern literature, joins us for a new two-part "University in the Library" series examining more work by Nobel Laureate William Faulkner including the novel As I Lay Dying and the short story "Two Soldiers." Monday September 24, 7:15 PM, Decatur Library
Atlanta actress Brenda Bynum presents a special program reading the letters of the late Georgia author Flannery O'Connor that have only recently been made public by librarians at Emory University. Tuesday, September 25, 6:00 PM, Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts, Emory University
John F. Callahan makes his fiction debut with A Man You Could Love, an exciting political drama that examines populist politics in the 1960s and '70s. Callahan is the author of several studies of African American fiction and completed Ellison's novel Juneteenth. Thursday September 27, 7:00 PM, Jimmy Carter Library
Georgia Literary Festival. The annual celebration of Georgia's writers moves to Blue Ridge in the North Georgia Mountains (90 minutes north of Atlanta) and will feature some of Georgia's finest writers including Former Poet Laureate Bettie Sellers, Philip Lee Williams and Amy Blackmarr and more. Friday, September 28 to Sunday September 30. Locations in Blue Ridge.
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 Musical Bookings@ the Decatur Library
Scott Downes. Reared on an unusual blend of musical influences including English and Irish folk ballads, rock, soul, and traditional country, Scott has created a musical and lyrical style all his own - Thursday, September 27, 7:00 PM, Decatur Library
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Database of the Month:
Student Resource Center
Provides reference documents, articles and dictionary entries covering the physical and applied sciences, literature, biography, history and social studies. |
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© 2006, DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur, Georgia.